Exmoor House is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1986. Council offices. 18 related planning applications.
Exmoor House
- WRENN ID
- standing-bronze-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1986
- Type
- Council offices
- Address
- Exmoor House, Bridge Street, Dulverton, Somerset, TA22 9HL
- OS grid reference
- SS 912 279
- Coordinates
- 51.04065, -3.55304
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Exmoor House is a union workhouse that has been converted into council offices. It was built in 1855 and underwent conversion in the early 20th century. The building is constructed of random rubble local stone, with dressed voussoirs and jambs, and features slate roofs with overhanging eaves and stone stacks at the gable ends. It has a T-plan layout facing south, consisting of a central block flanked by wings and a long range at the rear. The structure has two storeys with single storey wings, arranged in a 3:7:3 bay configuration. The central three bays project slightly forward and are topped with an open pediment. The first floor has 9-pane sash windows, while the ground floor features 12-pane sash windows leading to a central entrance with a panelled door. The entrance at the end bay on the left is blocked. Above the pediment is a wooden lantern with a shallow pyramid roof and arched louvred openings on each face. The nine bay rear wing has plastic sashes. The history of the Dulverton workhouse is detailed in Jack Hurley's book "Rattle His Bones."
Local climate
Exmoor House receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 18 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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